Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland

This is the first report on mercury (Hg) levels in the liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, and brain of raccoon in Europe. It studied Hg concentration in 24 raccoons from the Warta Mouth National Park, northwestern Poland by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The highest total Hg concentrations in th...

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Autores principales: Lanocha, Natalia, Kalisinska, Elzbieta, Kosik-Bogacka, Danuta I., Budis, Halina, Podlasinska, Joanna, Jedrzejewska, Ewa
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4051998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12011-014-9962-2
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author Lanocha, Natalia
Kalisinska, Elzbieta
Kosik-Bogacka, Danuta I.
Budis, Halina
Podlasinska, Joanna
Jedrzejewska, Ewa
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Kalisinska, Elzbieta
Kosik-Bogacka, Danuta I.
Budis, Halina
Podlasinska, Joanna
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description This is the first report on mercury (Hg) levels in the liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, and brain of raccoon in Europe. It studied Hg concentration in 24 raccoons from the Warta Mouth National Park, northwestern Poland by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The highest total Hg concentrations in the raccoon were found in the liver (maximum, 18.45 mg/kg dry weight), while the lowest in the brain (maximum, 0.49 mg/kg dw). In adult raccoons, Hg concentrations in the liver, kidney, and brain were higher than in immature individuals (p < 0.001), while similar in skeletal muscle in both age groups. Our results are consistent with studies by other authors conducted in North America in areas with similar environmental conditions.
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spelling pubmed-40519982014-06-18 Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland Lanocha, Natalia Kalisinska, Elzbieta Kosik-Bogacka, Danuta I. Budis, Halina Podlasinska, Joanna Jedrzejewska, Ewa Biol Trace Elem Res Article This is the first report on mercury (Hg) levels in the liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, and brain of raccoon in Europe. It studied Hg concentration in 24 raccoons from the Warta Mouth National Park, northwestern Poland by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The highest total Hg concentrations in the raccoon were found in the liver (maximum, 18.45 mg/kg dry weight), while the lowest in the brain (maximum, 0.49 mg/kg dw). In adult raccoons, Hg concentrations in the liver, kidney, and brain were higher than in immature individuals (p < 0.001), while similar in skeletal muscle in both age groups. Our results are consistent with studies by other authors conducted in North America in areas with similar environmental conditions. Springer US 2014-04-16 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4051998/ /pubmed/24736978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12011-014-9962-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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Lanocha, Natalia
Kalisinska, Elzbieta
Kosik-Bogacka, Danuta I.
Budis, Halina
Podlasinska, Joanna
Jedrzejewska, Ewa
Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland
title Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland
title_full Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland
title_fullStr Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland
title_full_unstemmed Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland
title_short Mercury Levels in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) from the Warta Mouth National Park, Northwestern Poland
title_sort mercury levels in raccoons (procyon lotor) from the warta mouth national park, northwestern poland
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4051998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12011-014-9962-2
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